The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) is the tenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the third to star Roger Moore as the fictional secret agent James Bond. Curd Jürgens and Barbara Bach co-star. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and the screenplay was written by Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum.

The film takes its title from Ian Fleming’s novel The Spy Who Loved Me, the tenth book in the James Bond series, though it does not contain any elements of the novel’s plot. The storyline involves a reclusive megalomaniac named Karl Stromberg, who plans to destroy the world and create a new civilisation under the sea. Bond teams up with a Russian agent, Anya Amasova, to stop Stromberg.

It was shot on location in Egypt (Cairo and Luxor) and Italy (Costa Smeralda, Sardinia), with underwater scenes filmed at the Bahamas (Nassau), and a new soundstage built at Pinewood Studios for a massive set which depicted the interior of a supertanker. The Spy Who Loved Me was well-received by critics. The soundtrack composed by Marvin Hamlisch also met with success. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards amid many other nominations and novelised in 1977 by Christopher Wood as James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me.

Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Produced by Albert R. Broccoli
Screenplay by Christopher Wood
Richard Maibaum
Based on James Bond
by Ian Fleming
Starring Roger Moore
Barbara Bach
Curd Jürgens
Music by Marvin Hamlisch
Cinematography Claude Renoir
Edited by John Glen
Production company Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date 7 July 1977 (London, premiere)

Running time 125 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Budget $14 million
Box office $185.4 million